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[00:02.77]Oh I'm just a typical American boy
[00:05.34]from a typical American town
[00:07.67]I believe in God and Senator Dodd
[00:10.25]and a keeping old Castro down
[00:12.79]And when it came my time to serve
[00:15.17]I knew better dead than red
[00:17.55]But when I got to my old draft
[00:19.87]board buddy
[00:20.63]this is what I said
[00:22.43]Sarge I'm only eighteen
[00:24.03]I got a ruptured spleen
[00:25.26]And I always carry a purse
[00:27.58]I got eyes like a bat
[00:29.04]and my feet are flat
[00:30.31]and my asthma's getting worse
[00:32.68]Yes think of my career
[00:34.00]my sweetheart dear
[00:35.16]and my poor old invalid aunt
[00:37.55]Besides I ain't no fool
[00:38.81]I'm a going to school
[00:39.99]And I'm working in a dee fense plant
[00:43.84]I've got a dislocated disc
[00:45.00]and a racked up back
[00:46.47]I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
[00:48.71]And when the bombshell hits,
[00:49.83]I get epileptic fits
[00:50.90]And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
[00:53.56]I got the weakness woes,
[00:54.86]I can't touch my toes
[00:56.17]I can hardly reach my knees
[00:58.47]And if the enemy ever came close to me
[01:00.96]Well, I'd probably start to sneeze
[01:03.75]I'm only eighteen,
[01:05.02]I got a ruptured spleen
[01:06.28]And I always carry a purse
[01:08.63]I got eyes like a bat,
[01:10.02]and my feet are flat
[01:11.15]My asthma's getting worse
[01:13.63]Consider my career,
[01:14.96]my sweetheart dear
[01:16.13]My poor old invalid aunt
[01:18.53]Besides, I ain't no fool,
[01:19.83]I'm a going to school
[01:21.14]And I'm working in a defense plant
[01:24.82]I hate Chou En Lai,
[01:26.21]and I hope he dies
[01:27.28]But I think you gotta see
[01:29.59]That if someone's gotta go over there
[01:32.01]That someone isn't me
[01:34.35]So, have a ball, Sarge,
[01:35.94]watch em fall
[01:37.03]Yeah, kill me a thousand or so
[01:39.12]And if you ever get a war
[01:40.59]without any gore
[01:41.57]Well, I'll be the first to go
[01:44.11]yes, I'm only eighteen,
[01:45.64]I got a ruptured spleen
[01:46.94]And I always carry a purse
[01:49.34]I got eyes like a bat,
[01:50.78]and my feet are flat
[01:51.95]My asthma's getting worse
[01:54.41]yes consider my career,
[01:55.56]my sweetheart dear
[01:56.91]my rubber tree plant
[01:59.18]Besides, I ain't no fool,
[02:00.76]I'm a going to school
[02:02.11]And I'm working in a defense plant
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